Renegade Bass Rookies top field on Mississippi Lake.
Orr and Tooley Punch Ticket to Classic XX with Win on Mississippi Lake
August 8, 2015: Carleton Place, Ontario
Blake Orr and Matt Tooley made an impressive statement with a win on Mississippi Lake on Saturday August 8, 2015. The duo is competing in their first season of Renegade Bass and accomplished the feat after their “best day ever of largemouth fishing”.
Fishing shallow water weeds with wacky rigged worms from Lip Locked Baits, the team was able to finesse a hefty bag of finicky bass weighing 18.95 pounds. “We had all of our fish by 10 a.m. and didn`t cull a single fish the rest of the day”, said Blake Orr. “We had found some good fish early in the week during practice. When we checked on them on Friday they were gone, but thankfully they showed up again [on Saturday]”, added Matt Tooley.
In addition to the first place prize of $4,000 the team also took home an additional $580 for the largest fish of the day, a behemoth 5.7 pound largemouth. That fish is currently leading for the Yokohama Biggest Bass of the Year that could land the team 2 new sets of Yokohama tires worth up to $4,000 from Goldwing Autocare.
The team summarized their win by saying that they “had no expectations of winning this event, but we fished well and didn’t lose any fish. It was one of those days where everything just went right for us”. We are thankful for the win and for the support of our sponsors, including Bence Ford, New Adventure Trucking, Canadian Tire Napanee, Lip Locked Baits, and Eastron Realty.
Peter Bartonek and Craig Sevink followed up their win on Big Rideau Lake with a strong finish on Mississippi Lake. Weighing in 18.11 pounds for the day, the team took second place honours and head into the final qualifier in the lead for Team of the Year honours. They will look to close out a successful season with a solid showing on the Ottawa River on August 22, 2015.
At the conclusion of the weigh-in, Renegade Bass held its draw to determine the location for the 2015 Renegade Bass Classic. This year the top 40 teams will compete for the $68,000 Ranger and Evinrude boat package on the mighty St. Lawrence River. The event will run out of Morrisburg, Ontario on September 12 and 13.
Rounding out the Top Ten for the Mississippi Lake Qualifier were:
1 48 Blake Orr / Matt Tooley 18.95 5.7 $4000 & Big Fish 1 $580
2 36 Peter Bartonek / Craig Sevink 18.11 4.75 $2300 & Big Fish 3 $230
3 28 Corey Gaffney / Tyler Ward 17.36 5.13 $1600 & Big Fish 2 $350
4 50 Clancy Mulvihill / Jeff List 17.1 $950
5 16 Fern Campeau / Mike Merrill 16.79 3.69 $850
6 26 Scott Lefebvre / Mario Formica 16.74 $750
7 49 John Podlesny / Scott Campbell 16.53 $650
8 42 Brad Warren / Terry Runtz 15.99 $550
9 6 John Ebbers / Mike Vandenberg 15.85 3.46 $450
10 46 David Chong / Doug Brownridge 15.34 $350
Blake Orr / Matt Tooley $250 from Rhodes & Williams
Brad Warren & Terry Runtz Navionics Plus Chips
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